“No apology.”
That’s the statement made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in the Lower House on Friday, as she continued to defend the government’s stance to back the United States on decisions taken to tackle transnational crime.
Addressing the government’s cooperation with international partners and the tough security operations implemented over recent months, the Prime Minister insisted that detractors were ignoring the scale of the threat posed by organised criminal networks.
“So we remain focused as a priority on safety and security. We remain focused against trafficking, against transnational organised crime, and today I make no apology for standing side by side, side by side, with our oldest trading partner, the leader of the free world in this hemisphere. I make no apology today, and I’m happy that we did that. I’m happy.”
The Prime Minister argued that the government’s approach had delivered measurable results.
“We have the legal opinions on this matter, and again, we make no apology for it. In any event, I remember right here in this Parliament, I was sitting across there, and a Member on this side said, ‘What Trump going do we? What Trump going to do we?’ Well we now finding out what Trump did us and what they could do. They’re finding out.”